Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 17 / Trend E. Aliyev /
As of September 1, 2013, around 37,000 people were officially registered as unemployed in Azerbaijan including 41.5 per cent of women, the State Statistics Committee's report said. The number of unemployed in the country has increased by 0.6 per cent since early 2013 (36,791 people as of early 2013).
According to the report, the average unemployment benefit in Azerbaijan is 238.2 manat. It has been increased by 6.3 per cent since early 2013.
As of September 1, 2013, the economically active population totalled 4.736 million (50.65 per cent of the entire population), of which 4.497 million were engaged in work.
As of August 1, the number of hired employees reached 1.490.8 million including 894,600 working in the public sector and 596,200 in the private sector.
The number of people working in the oil sector amounted to 37,400 and in the non-oil sector 1.453.4 million. Around 1.448.5 million are among hired employees working in the non-agricultural sphere.
As of September 1, around 22.1 per cent fell to the hired employees involved in the production spheres as follows: seven per cent in construction, 6.2 per cent in manufacturing industry, 2.9 per cent in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 2.5 per cent - in the mining industry, 2.1 per cent - in the production and distribution of electricity, gas and steam, 1.4 per cent - in water supply, waste recycling, 22.8 per cent in education, 18.8 per cent - trade, repair of vehicles, 8.8 per cent - medical and social services, 6.6 per cent in state governance and defence, social maintenance, 4.9 per cent - transportation and warehousing, 3.8 per cent - recreation, entertainment and arts, 3.7 per cent - professional, scientific and technical activities, 1.8 per cent - communication and information, 1.8 per cent - financial and insurance activities, 0.8 per cent - real estate transactions, 1.6 per cent - administrative and additional services and 1.4 per cent - tourist accommodation and food and 1.1 per cent - other areas.
The official exchange rate is 0,7845 AZN/USD on Sept. 17.
